He loves darts, weighs 17 stones and if he turned up at your front door you probably wouldn’t expect him to try and sell you perfume.

But Alun Vaughan-Thomas is one of the new generation of Avon callers a world away from the traditionally painted ladies rouged and dripping in the latest scent.

Dad-of-two Alun has been supplying the women of Cardiff with their perfumes, bubble baths and blusher for the past two years.

New customers do a double take when they answer the door to the bearded 31-year-old – but he soon wins potential female clients over because he knows just as much about nail varnish as they do.

Alun, a trained nurse, applied to the beauty brand synonymous with the slogan ‘Avon Calling’ when he was made redundant from his job as a financial project manager three weeks before wife Amy was due to give birth to their first child.